Method of comminuting meat



May 27, 1958 c. SCHNELL 2,836,325

METHOD OF COMMINUTING MEAT Filed Aug. 2, 1957 5 Sheets-Sheet l 17221672307 73 77 CarifickneZ/ y 1958 c. SCHNELL 7 2,836,825

METHOD OF COMMINUTING MEAT 3 Sheets-Shet 2 Filed Aug. 2, 1957 J 71 venzor C'ar/ cneil y 1953 c. SCHNELL METHOD OF COMMINUTING MEAT 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Aug. 2, 1957 III United States Patent METHOD or CQMMINUTING MEAT Carl Schnell, Winterbach, near Sehorndort, Wurttemherg, Germany, assignor to The Griffith Laboratories, Inc., Chicago, 11]., a corporation of Illinois Application August 2, 1957, Serial No. 6753M Claims priority, application Germany June 15, B56

2 Claims. (Cl. 99-108) The present invention relates to centrifugal comminuting machines and more particularly to one for comminuting meat for use in sausage and like products.

The present application is a continuation-in-part of my U. S. applications Serial No. 572,543, filed March 19, 1956, and Serial No. 615,074, now abandoned, filed October 10, 1956, as a continuation-in-part of Serial No. 572,543.

The machines described in said original and later-filed applications are useful for comminuating many materials, especially agricultural products including meat and animal products for preparing sausage and other comminuted meat products. When such machines are used for cornminuting animal products, special precautions are necessary, and these bear upon the construction and operation of the machine.

For most purposes raw meat material must be comminuted under conditions to avoid heating it. It is best when discharged substantially free from entrapped air. It must be comminuted at a high rate of feed and discharge.

The fineness of comminuting is controlled by sel cting from a supply of removable perforated plates, one with relatively small or large holes for relatively fine or coarse products. In the case of fine grinding, the meat cornmonly mixed with cold water or ice for the desired meat formulation, may be discharged as an emulsion, the fat being emulsified by protein, of which lean meat and raw animal skin are examples.

Animal skin presents ditficulties in comminuting because of its toughness. Heretofore, it has been cooked to ease the work of comminuting. By the structure and operation of the improved machine of the present disclosure the work, and hence the heat generated, in comminuting raw animal skin is greatly lessened, and a resulting emulsion is relatively free of air bubbles.

The present invention pertains to centrifugal comminuters or grinders, as distinguished from the auger-fed meat choppers and grinders, which also have perforated plates and cutters, but which operate at relatively slower speeds at which the angers are effective to feed meat to the cutters. In centrifugal comminuting machines the cutters have the additional functions of propelling the material through the perforated plate, and of mixing the various fed components.

Centrifugal machines of the type to which the present invention is applicable have a substantially unencumbered supply chamber into which material to be comminuted is constantly fed and thoroughly mixed, in which chamber the cutters rotate at high speed over and against a perforated discharge plate. An inherent result is rapid circulation and mixing of material by the cutters, involving flow to the periphery as in centrifugal pump action. This circulation and flow generates heat, which in the case of meat products may adversely affect the quality of the discharged material. 7

The quicker the meat is cut to size for discharge through the selected plate, the less the time it is present 2,836,325 Patented May 27, 1958 in the chamber to be heated by circulation and friction. Dull cutters prolong the time for comminution andhence increase the heating.

The present invention aims to provide a centrifugal comminuting machine particularly useful for continuously producing comminuted rneat at a high rate of production without damage to the meat by heat of friction in passing through the machine.

The present invention aims to provide such a machine with a suction pump construction effective to draw rnaterial toward and past the cutting portion, and to expel the cut material from the machine under pressure.

It is a particular object to employ a centrifugal rotor for the pump action, in a housing sealed against the atmosphere except for exposure to a perforated plate through which it receives cut material and except for exposure to the outlet opening of the pump.

A further object of the invention is to prevent the admission of air to the cut material delivered by the machine.

The foregoing and other ancillary objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and explanation of the improved machine and the invention thereof, as shown in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a machine as use Fig. 2 is a perspective enlarged view of a portion of the machine opened for assembling certain parts.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the cutters and of a perforated disk looking down upon such elements as shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the perforated disk and portions of the housings above and below it taken on line A-A of Fig. 3 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section of a detail of a cutter taken on the line B-B of Fig. 3 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 6 is a cross-section through the same cutter taken on line CC of Fig. 3 in the direction of the arrows, showing also its relation to the perforated plate.

Fig. 7 is a.view of the cutter of Figs. Ste 6 looking directly at the underside as mounted in Pig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a modified form of cutter used in apparatus of smaller diameter than shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary view in cross-section of. that portion of Fig. 4 which shows a seal.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view similar to a portion of Fig. 2 showing a modified lug.

Fig. 11 is a view similar to that of Fig. 10 showing a second form of lug combining features of the lugs of Fig. 2 and Fig. 10.

Machines of the type described preferably have means to remove from the machine the material discharged through the perforated plate. Commonly, this is a centrifugal pump or throw-out rotor having radial vanes or other members which hurl the discharged material to the periphery of a discharge housing with a resulting generation of pressure effective to force it out through a nozzle or other small orifice. For this reason a powered shaft which carries the cutters is also used for the throw-out rotor, and as a result the powered shaft or parts carried thereby pass through the perforated plate. However, it is to be understood that separate shafts for the rotary cutters and for the throw-out rotor may be employed, and no rotary member need pass through the plate which carries the perforations.

In Fig. 1 is shown a general view of a machine embodying the present invention. It has a base 59 in which is fixed a powerful electric motor with casing 49 and vertical motor shaft 51 (Fig. 4), which shaft may be raised and lowered relative to casing 49 by turning a handwheel 52 by mechanism (later described) within the section 53. Housing 54 has a pump chamber 55 containing a throw-out rotor (later hinged at 66 fit into radial slots 67 in lugs 68 which extend' from a bottom flange 69 of the housing 60. The

' top of supply chamber 61 is extended by a flaring filling funnel 71 (Fig. 11) having a tight seal against packing 72 (Fig. 4

1 Fig. 4 shows a selected plate 73 with perforations 74 described) which forces material out the spout 56 from a tangential outlet 57. The upper part of'the housing 54 has an internal shoulder 58 advantage is a shearing action when certain lugs;.are

face 91 generally angular to each other. For mechanical simplicity and convenience only, these faces. are planes,

and are at right angles to each other,lwherefore the grooves 82 and 83 are right-angle grooves. V The normal junction of said faces90 and 91 is cut away by a bottom or third face 92 (Fig. 7) which at the mounted 'endis preferably disposed so that it may rotate on the plate in the lowermost bounding plane of rotaresting on shoulder 58 and thus forming the bottom of cutting chamber 59, A'shear pin 75 through the wall of the housing 54mm a hole 76 in the plate holds the plate 7 from turningex'cept when the pin may shear in some emergency condition for which purpose the pin is made suitably small.

When the power shaft 51 rises from the motor in the base, the-plate 73 has a cylindrical-walled central opening 77 in which is'located with a minimum of clearance for freerunning a cylindricalcutter-head or knife-holder 78, removably mounted with a slip-fit over stud 79 at the end of power shaft 51. .The studj79 is threaded into the end of shaft 51 and provides a threaded extension 80 of theshaft for receipt of a tightening nut 81 which compresses knife-holder 78;between it and a throw-out rotor :onshaft 51, later described.

Figs. 3 and show the knife-holder 78 with two parallel grooves 82and 83 therein in one end of each of which is mounted a cutter 84. The other ends are preferably closed as shown at 85 and 86. The cutter 84 has a suitable tion, and which intersects the plane. of forward face 91 in a straight line 93. Bottom face 92 is flat to facilitate drilling holes 94 (Fig. 7) for mounting the cutter. From the end of the portion having the cross-section shown in Fig. 5, the bar begins to taper outwardly and downwardly as mounted, a cross-section ofthe tapered portion being shown in Fig. 6 as it lies over the plate 73. In this free-end tapered region the forward face 91 is provided with a recess 95, of which the lower flat wall 96 terminates in a straight line which in'a new cutter may be an extension of the line 93, in a manner to form an acute-angle cutting edge 97, which is straight line as a result of the specific structure illustrated.

When the'illustrated bottom face 92 of Fig. 7 is at equal angles with the faces 90 and 9 1;, it will, ifextended to the cross-section (Fig. 5) to fit a groove 82 orf83 of which J .7 the contour may vary from thatgsh'own. Bolts '87 entered through holes in the underside 88 of the cutter-head 78 thread into openings therefor in the cutter 84 to hold it tightly in its groove and to'position it properly. 7

. .As shown in'Fig. 3 there are two cutters 84 extending in. opposite directions as mounted in said two grooves.

The cutters are substantially identical when new, and

as sharpened, and are. so mounted that they each' rotate .to the'perforated plate 73 .so' thatthe knife-edges skim along the .surfacejof'the'plate as bestshown in Fig. 6,

'with or without a pressure between them, which pressure is. controlled by adjusting the hand wheel 52.

The cutters 84 are preferably made by machining 'bar stock.-" Each piece;of bar stock, as a cutter 84, has a mountable end to lie overtheiknife-holder 78.and a free end projecting therefrom, which free end both cuts and propels... .Thel'freeend is tapered outwardly from the uppe'rjpa'rtas shown toward the lower part having the said knife:e'dge:over the plate-73. Because the cutters rotate at high speed, .for eXampIeg BOOO- R. P.;M, 1in-one"model V and 3600 'R. P. Ml in another,;the;taper offersnumerous advantages. For one, the'inertia" is; reduced; More imvporta'ntly, however, the broadside-.eifectpres'ented to material in;the suppjly ch amber61'is' r'educed by the taper, thereby reducing the heat-producing .swirlingiand centrifugal eifectsion thematerial in the chamber; -"'Also, by reducing the. broadside-effect by the taper-[the free space .above thecu't'ters is' enlarged for return of 'rnaterial'from the periphery to the center fof recirculation. Still another free end, run fiat onthe plate 73 as the cutting edge of a new cutter skims the faceiof theplate. Experience has shown that suchan extended broad face 92 so running on the plate createsfriction and unduly heats the material, not so much as a mass, but locally as a lubricating layer of material at the interface; To avoid this heating effect, and to lessen the drag on the motor by the friction, the

said face 92 at themountedend; is not extended to the free end to form the knife-edge 97. Rather, the 'bar is a slightly machined back from the knife-edge 97' forming a new face 98 (Figs. 6 and 7) which is raised fron and inclined away from the plate-73 in operating position at an angle, one of 14 beingfsatisfactory; gTheinclined face 98 backof the knife-edge'9 7 overlies the plate 73 and is preferably extended slightly into the mounting groove on cutter-head 78. This permits the cutter to be sharpened by grinding on face 98, thus raising thelevel thereof with reference to face 92 and forming a new knife-edge 97 at the intersection with wall 96 of recess 95. When the cutters are to be sharpened, the cutter head 78 with the cutters mounted in it, is placed in-a suitable grinder. To protect the rim of the cutter-head from contact with the grinding wheel, a notch 99 is formed into the cutter across knife-edge 97 partly within and partly without the said rim.

As the two cutters on one kniferholder terial, the cutter-head 78 must be correspondingly lowered with respect to plate 73 by adjusting the position of the shaft 51 by the hand wheel 52. The lowering of knifeihead 78 into'the plate 73 may be such that the bottom of grooves 82' and 83 he below the level of the bottom of plate 73. Were the ends of the grooves beyond the cutters 8.4 open rather thanclosed as shown at and 86 (Figs.

2 and 3), coarser particlesrthan would passplate 73 would find a channel via, the groove into, the pump chamber 55.

edge has a section 100 over the cutter-head-as asharpened edge between the face 91 and a top face 1010f the bar stock (Fig, 5). Said knife-edge 100 is parallel to the lower knife-edge 97, is hollow-ground onboth faces, as shown with some exaggeration, and may befserrated as shown at 102 to give asawing action. The upper, knife-I 78 are provided with newly sharpened knife-edges 97' by removal of maedge also has a portion-103 on the tapered-free end of the cutter, and therefore, it angles toward the knife-edge 97. It likewise is hollow-ground and may be serrated as shown at 104. Rearwardly of knife-edge 103 is the face 105 tapering from bar face 101.

Fig. 8 shows a modified and shorter cutter which is used with the same knife-holder 78, but in a machine having a smaller diameter of perforated plate and supply chamber. As shown, it is made of the same bar stock as the longer cutter of Fig. 7. The cutting end is shorter resulting in a shorter lower knife-edge 97, a shorter upper-knife portion 100', a shorter upper-knife portion 103 at a greater angle to portion 100', a more sloping tapered face 105', and a shorter recess 95'.

The machine as illustrated has other features which add to the efliciency of the machine using the cutters of the present invention.

For example, the housing 60 enlarges near its bottom to form a terminal upwardly tapering frusto-conical wall section 107, above a terminal supporting flange 69 (Fig. 4) which fits over the packing ring or seal 62, thus to exclude air from the chamber by possible suction from below the plate, as later described, and thus to avoid the danger of air being emulsified into the composition.

The frusto-conical section 107 (Fig. 4) is spaced an appreciable distance above the path of upper knife-edge 103 in order to provide a space over the cutter for flowing material to move up and out of the path of the cutter and be baffled back toward the center by the sloping ceiling 108.

Further, to minimize circulation and hence heating, lugs 109 may be provided projecting from sloping face 108 inwardly over the path of cutters 84. These lugs in the form as shown in Fig. 2 abruptly stop spiral circulation and cause quick return of flowing material toward the center. Lugs 109 preferably have lower side edges 110 positioned for shearing clearance with the cutter edges 103, so that large pieces in the path of the cutter are more quickly cut. Lugs 109 have arcuate flange portions 111 fitting inside of the housing 54 to insure proper fitting of housings 54 and 60 and to shear material at the tips of cutters 84. The upper portions of flanges 111 are part of a peripheral ridge 112 just inside housing 54. The annular space between the housing 54 and the path of rotation of the tips of the cutters provides a channel in which material centrifugally brought to the wall of housing 54 may move upwardly between lugs to the sloping ceiling 108 for return toward the center.

The angle between each lug edge 110 and the knifeedge 103 may be varied both by the angle of the knifeedge with respect to the radial direction, and by the form of the lug. The form of the lug controls the positions and areas of its faces, and hencethe deflecting action of those faces on the swirling and down-feeding contents.

The lugs 109 as shown have parallel side faces 113 and 114 (rear lug in Fig. 4) and a substantial width, corresponding to an arc of about 20 at the periphery of plate 73. In proportion to the width is the shearing action of the knit -edge 103 as it passes arcuate front edge 115 of the lugs at a slight angle in which to engage pieces to be cut. The angles of the knife-edge 103 with the shearing edges 110 and 115 of the lugs 109 are readily observed at the right hand lug in Fig. 3 showing the position of the lug in dotted lines. By reason of the lug form as shown, the inward face 115, extending between the shearing edge 115 and the periphery of the smaller base of the frusto conical section 112, provides an inwardly sloping baffle for. material coming down the wall of the supply chamber 61.

As shown the shearing between knife-edge 103 and the side edges 110 of the lugs 109 takes place outwardly as the cutter rotates (see Fig. 3). By changing the angle of the near face 113 which meets the cutter, the shear ing may be made to take place inwardly, and at the same time the modification of face 113 receives less impact from the swirling material, which results in less vibration. Fig. 10 shows a modified lug which is pointed, and it is to be understood that other forms of lug may be employed.

In Fig. 10, the modified lug does not offer advantage from the shearing edge of lug 109 at the bottom of the broad inner face 116 shown in Fig. 2, and it loses much of the bafliing effect of that face on down-feeding material.

Fig. 11 shows a modified lug one half of which is like the lug shown in Fig. 2 and the other half is like the lug shown in Fig. 10. Thus, the advantages of both forms are secured.

In Figs. 10 and 11, only the modified portions are newly designated. In Fig. 10 the tapered lug 118 has side faces 119 and 120 corresponding to parallel faces 113 and 114 of lugs 109, and provides shearing edge 121 at face 119 to shear with knife-edge 103, with which it forms an inwardly opening angle between the shearing edges, into which centrifugal force hurls the material.

In Fig. 11 the modified lug 123 retains the face 114 of lug 109, a vertical half of face 116, and half of shearing edge 115 of lug 109. Lug 123 has the face 119 and its edge 121 of the lug in Fig. 10 to elfect initial shearing at the lug and angularly to bafiie material toward the center.

When the machine operates at 3600 R. P. M. with four lugs and two cutters as shown, there are 28,800 shearing actions per minute, which greatly contribute to the speed of comminution, to the reduction in circulation of material awaiting final comminution and passage through the plate, and hence, to a reduction in the generation of heat by circulation and friction.

Although the mounted cutters in high-speed rotation cause their forwardly inclined faces 91 between the knifeedges 97 and 103 to function as propeller blades, it is preferred to enhance the forces causing passage of material into and out of the machine. One means to this end is a centrifugal pump having an ejection rotor in ejection chamber 55, under plate 73 (Fig. 4). The preferred rotor 125 is generally diamond-shaped as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 3, and in cross-section in Fig. 4, which rotor removes material from the underside of plate 78 and forces it by centrifugal pump action to the periphery of chamber 55 for discharge through outlet 57 into spout 56. Rotor 125 supports knife-holder 78 at a peripheral lip 126 on the underside. Rotor 125 is fixed to the shaft 51 by a key 127 in the shaft and in key-slot 128 in the rotor. The top face 129 of rotor 125 is spaced away from the underside of plate 73, whereby the shaft 51 with the rotor 125 and knife-holder 78 may be raised from the position shown. The lower face 130 of rotor 125 is raised from the floor of chamber 55 so that the shaft 51 may be lowered, as the cutters are sharpened from the form shown. I

The housing 53 (Fig. 4) is separate from the housing 54, and contains the adjusting mechanism. Shaft 51 runs free in an opening in a collar 132 at the top of housing 53. When the hereinafter-described seal at the bottom of chamber 55 is' absent, it is desirable to protect the adjusting mechanism from possible contact with material from the ejection chamber 55, especially leaking brine from the curing salt. This is done by a rotary canopy or flinger plate 133 resting on shoulder 134 of the shafth 51 and keyed at 135 to shaft 51 in a collar portion 138 which runs free within a collar 139 forming part of housing 54. The ejection rotor 125 is supported by collar 138 on the flinger plate. Thus, top nut 81 clamps between it and flinger plate 133, the knife-holder 78 and the rotor 125.

Heretofore, it has been known to admit air into an ejection chamber such as 55 in the vicinity of the rotor shaft bearing a centrifugal pump rotor, whereby the suction efiect draws in air and the air assists in ejection of IByj eliminating air bubbles more compact products are Qbtained, and less casing is required per unit weight of meat, such casings being an important item in cost.- In addition, the admission v of air into chamber lessens :the' suction effect of the rotor on material above the perforated plate, thus increasing the time for material to pass through the machine, andhence increasing the time for circulation and consequent heating; Q a

h To avoid these disadvantages and to secure important advantages, theejection chamber 55 is sealed except for exposure to then'nderside of plate 78 and,for exposure to the outlet57 forfspout56. i

Fig. 4 shows a suitable seal positioned to exclude entry of air at the shaft 51. Because the shaft is vertically adjustable the seal is made expansible and compressible, when it functions'between thefloor of the ejection chamberji and. the underside of rotor 125. I j i From-the floor140 the lsa id upstanding annular collar 13 9 spaced awayjfrom ,the shaft 51'extendsfinto a rightangular recess'141"(see Fig.9) in rotor 125, which recess has, a face 142 parallel with floor 140 and perpendicular tot he axis of shaft 51, A ring seal islocated between face' 142 and V-fioor' 140..

The ring-seal- (Fig, 9.) comprises a graphite ring 144 which runs on fioor140,.and a flexible resilient casing of rubber or like material of which'an annular face portion 145 contacts face 142. The casing extends downwardly and inwardly byportion 146 which at its end is forked in cross-section to enclose and carry graphite ring 144. At the inside junction of easing portions 145 and 146 is an annular flanged metal ring 147 having holes through and beyond which project small integral extensions 148 of the casing face portion 145. These extensions enter'and position ends'of-compression springs 149 of which the other ends, likewise receive. projections. -150'from. the casing section 146. The springs"149-f render the seal rep cause'fthe portion of theshaftwithin the motor is heated I 'andcooled, as the motor is' r un. and idled, such por-' tion changes .in length .In order that this change is not' so transmitted as.to..chang'e the adjustment during an operation, the adjusting means is above the motor which is lowermost in the machine."

T Housing 53 (Fig. 4) has-a :inner collar'portion .152 with: an internally threaded opening concentric with .shaftLSLHA.circular threaded box 153 is mounted in -said10pening. .Box 153 atthetop is secured by screws ,154 to .a ring gear'155'having teeth 156 meshing with a worm. gear 157 on shaft-h15 8gwhich carries handwheel 52.: -A ;hand screw159 is'tightened to lock shaft 158 in 'anjadjustedposition. Theresulting vertical movementof box 153 moves thejshaftf 51:.TWithin box 153 is a double ball-bearing structure with inner race portions rigid with shaft '51 and outerrace' portions'rigid with box 153. Shaft 51 :hasia shoulder 160 on which'reslts a' collar 161, which togethenwith locking nuts 629s a threaded portion with the. shaft: outer and stationary races 166 and 167 aresecuredin box .153 in part by, the ring gear 15 5,'1as shown. An oil seal is indicated at 168. H

In operation, meat products to bepcomminuted are fed intp the funnel 71. The machine mustrnot be operated [without ,material to be comminuted. ,Operation quickly lowers the level'of material above plate 73, and .the level is preferablynraintained as high as V V possiblegin the funnel ,71. .The'fleshy character. of the material gives it a hydraulic head to supplementthe propelling action ofcutters 84 and thesuction fromfthe throw-out rotor "125, the suction being especially greater When'the seal is in place. Because of the suction the packing 62 between housings 54- and 60jand'the packing '72 between housing 69 and funnel 71, preyent; the

entry of air to form bubbles above .the pl ate. 7 8, and

the ring seal prevents the entry of air below the @plate 73. .The; propelling action of'cutters 84and' th'epumpingaction of rotor 1 25 create a pressure for. discharge through spout 56, so that a conduit may beattached filed March 19,1956 ancLin' my application's'jSerial' Nos. 675,997, 675,998, ,r675,999fand- 676,000,1'2111 filed August 2, 1957. Y 7 All of the features described indetail contributeft etficiency in rate of production and .in quality, and it. is to be understood that onefor more may be omitted, with reference to practicing the invention particularly set out in the appended claims; I w

Iclaim: V V he: 1. The method of processing meat whichecomprises a supply chamber and therefrom through an unobstructed space into. a cutting chamber adjacent a foram- :inous exit, sealing the cutting chamber fromthe-at- 'mosphere by maintaining in said supply chambepahydraulic head of raw meat to be comminuted, centrifugal I ly moving the meat about an axis in the 'cutting eham ber, subjecting the so moving meat to impact cutting and draw-cutting, passing that portion of the meathaving a predetermined fineness through the foramcnsof the exit and deflecting the. remainingcentrifugally flowing meat to move spirally in an axial directionaway from said exit, obstructing the deflected flow of said meat and thereby mixing/the same with incomingmeat,

a supply chamber and therefrom through an-aunob- I structed space into a cutting chamber adjacent; a ;f oram inous exit, sealing the cutting chamberffrom the atmosphere by maintaining insaid supply chamber aghy- .draulic head'of raw meat to be .comminuted, centrifugal- :ly moving the meat about an axis in. the cuttingchamber, subjecting the so moving meat to, impactrcut'ting and draw-cutting, passing that portion of thefmeatiha'v- V 7 163'of shaft sreia'mps inner races 164 and 165 to move deflected flow of said meat and thereby mixing thesaine illustrated apparatus are,

continuously feeding meat under its own weight into.

with incoming meat, shearing the meat entering said foramens at the edges of the foramens, propelling the meat in said cutting chamber toward said foramens as said meat is moved centrifugally, applying suction to the exit side of said foramens whereby to assist in moving material through said foramens, discharging the resulting material, and sealing the comminuted meat from the atmosphere prior to discharge of the resultant material.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 369,744 Shepard Sept. 13, 1887 459,450 Steigert Sept. 15, 1891 745,079 Smith Nov. 24, 1903 2,012,680 Hammes Aug. 27, 1935 2,054,038 Mantelet Sept. 8, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE 6F CORRECTION Patent Noo 2,836,825 May 27, 1958 Carl Schnell It is hereby certified that error appears in the above numbered patent requiring correction and that the said Letters Patent should read as corrected below,

In the grant, lines 2 and 3, for "assignor to The Griffith Laboratories, Inc." read -=assign0r of one-=half to lhe Griffith Laboratories, Inc,--; line 12, for "The Griffith Laboratories, Inc;,, its successors" read a-=-Carl Schnell, his heirs or assigns and The Griffith Laboratories, Inc, its successors-; in the heading to the printed specification, line 4, for "assignor to The Griffith Laboratories, Inc, read =-=assignor of one-half to The Griffith Laboratories, Inc.-=-,

Signed and sealed this 29th day of July 1958,

(SEAL) Attest:

KARL H, AXLINE Attesting Officer ROBERT C. WATSON Conmissioner of Patents 

